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Mr Pring’s estate has been frozen since his death due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident.

Computer technology entrepreneur Mr Pring from Devon died aged 47 without making a will, the court heard.

Barry Pring and Ganna Ziuzina

The family froze his estate to stop his wife getting a share of the cash, claiming she had murdered him in a contract killing.

At a hearing yesterday, Ms Ziuzina's counsel, John McLinden QC, said: "She wants me to say publicly that the family are completely wrong in their belief and sight has been lost that she too has been gravely affected by this tragedy,” the BBC reports.

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Mr McLinden said: "In order to defend the murder allegation, she was forced to engage with the forfeiture rule which had been raised against her. If she had not, she would have been labelled a murderer.

"To suggest she is in this for the money, as opposed to defending the murder allegation against her, is a nonsense."

Barry Pring's funeral

The Pring family said in a statement after the case that they were "100 per cent focused and committed in bringing Barry's murderer or murderers to justice".

"We all miss Barry terribly, he was much loved and will always be in our thoughts."